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Mini Babble Party

Posted by Toph on December 2, 2006, at 15:37:40

In reply to Lindenblüte and SatinDoll are posting together!!!, posted by Lindenblüte on December 2, 2006, at 0:34:24

Well, I wasn't sure I wanted to go for different reasons this time than BP B-day Party I in Chicago. Then, I was very active on babble and I was anxious that people would somehow be disappointed in the real me in contrast to the one they had imagined in their head. Now I'm sort of just a lurker and I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone or what they were talking about. In fact I wouldn't have considered going at all if I hadn't received a personal invite from ClearSkies. What the hell I said. Then the snow storm gave me an out. I knew my wife didn't want me to go because she made homemade soup, my favorite, what, to eat by herself? Well, hell, I thought, she has regular girls' night outs without so much as asking how I feel (of course , I never tried making soup). So I got in the car and just kept going. Everyone must have stayed home from work because of the snow as hardly anyone was going into the city compared with a normal Friday night. I was glad the restaurant wasn't too noisy as its a little embarassing shouting across the table about how my Lithium works for my mania for the whole restaurant to hear. I wasn't sure how things would be with ClearSkies' husband there, but he is an affable fellow and he seems comfortable with us talking about how nuts we were. CS seemed genuinely glad to see me so that made things start off on the right foot. I got to meet Lindenbluute and Satin Doll who are really nice and funny and clever. Li is kinda scary smart, i mean she knows a lot about a lot. SD was having the time of her life guiltlessly away from her family. Bob was as reserved as ever, deftly fending off our probes, even being a little liquered up. I did manage to learn that he did not enter med school knowing that he wanted to be a shrink, but discovered this discipline more interesting that the other more scientific courses. That's about as much sharing as you can expect. Maybe after the hundreth gathering or so everyone will be able to piece together a more complete profile of the man. Only the others know for sure, but I didn't make too much of an @ss of myself, I think. Being old and medicated, I did have to ask my new aquaintences their names a few times. At one point SD even turned to me and said, "Gee Toph, you seem so normal." We got the most out of our table talking well after our meals were finished. It is amazing to me how easy it is to be comfortable with people you barely met in person because of the fellowship we share on Babble. (Sorry, holiday mush) Anyway, I would encourage anyone who has any investment in their experience here to consider attending an event like this, if only to dispell and pre-concieved notions you have that Babble isn't real.
Toph

 

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